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Wilkie Collins Quotes

It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from me. The charm of her voice no longer murmured in my ear Picture Quote #1

Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind Picture Quote #1

I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools Picture Quote #1

Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; ‘Tis virtue makes the bliss, where’er we dwell Picture Quote #1

I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature’s only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of incessant noise Picture Quote #1

I never paid you a compliment, Rachel, in my life. Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. But hopeless love, dearest, always speaks the truth Picture Quote #1

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Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught Picture Quote #1

The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! Picture Quote #1

Your tears come easy, when you’re young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you’re old, and leaving it. I burst out crying Picture Quote #1

Is the prison that Mr. Scoundrel lives in at the end of his career a more uncomfortable place than the workhouse that Mr. Honesty lives in at the end of his career? Picture Quote #1

The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature that has remained unknown to us till she appeared Picture Quote #1

You hear more than enough of married people living together miserably. Here is an example to the contrary. Let it be a warning to some of you, and an encouragement to others. In the meantime, I will go on with my story Picture Quote #1

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Through all the ways of our unintelligible world, the trivial and the terrible walk hand in hand together Picture Quote #1

I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man! Picture Quote #1

Husbands and wives talk of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters bear them Picture Quote #1

Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women Picture Quote #1

It is the nature of truth to struggle to the light Picture Quote #1

Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity Picture Quote #1

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My hour for tea is half past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody Picture Quote #1

No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman Picture Quote #1

Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own Picture Quote #1

I am a citizen of the world, and I have met, in my time, with so many different sorts of virtue, that I am puzzled, in my old age, to say which is the right sort and which is the wrong Picture Quote #1

I haven’t much time to be fond of anything... But when I have a moment’s fondness to bestow, most times... the roses get it Picture Quote #1

I have heard, as everybody else has, of a spirit’s haunting a house ; but I have had my own personal experience of a house’s haunting a spirit Picture Quote #1

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The mystery which underlies the beauty of women is never raised above the reach of all expression until it has claimed kindred with the deeper mystery in our own souls Picture Quote #1

I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading, and left my chambers to meet the cool night air in the suburbs Picture Quote #1

Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us Picture Quote #1

Except in this ignorant and material century, men have always worn precious stuffs and beautiful colours as well as women Picture Quote #1

The fool’s crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man’s crime is the crime that is not found out Picture Quote #1

And earth was heaven a little the worse for wear. And heaven was earth, done up again to look like new Picture Quote #1

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It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from me. The charm of her voice no longer murmured in my ear. (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I have always maintained that the one important phenomenon presented by modern society is - the enormous prosperity of Fools (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Well may your heart believe the truths I tell; ‘Tis virtue makes the bliss, where’er we dwell (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I sadly want a reform in the construction of children. Nature’s only idea seems to be to make them machines for the production of incessant noise (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I never paid you a compliment, Rachel, in my life. Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. But hopeless love, dearest, always speaks the truth (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught (Wilkie Collins Quotes) The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Your tears come easy, when you’re young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you’re old, and leaving it. I burst out crying. (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Is the prison that Mr. Scoundrel lives in at the end of his career a more uncomfortable place than the workhouse that Mr. Honesty lives in at the end of his career? (Wilkie Collins Quotes) The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void in our spiritual nature that has remained unknown to us till she appeared. (Wilkie Collins Quotes) You hear more than enough of married people living together miserably. Here is an example to the contrary. Let it be a warning to some of you, and an encouragement to others. In the meantime, I will go on with my story. (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Through all the ways of our unintelligible world, the trivial and the terrible walk hand in hand together. (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man! (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Husbands and wives talk of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters bear them (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women (Wilkie Collins Quotes) It is the nature of truth to struggle to the light (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity (Wilkie Collins Quotes) My hour for tea is half past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody (Wilkie Collins Quotes) No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I am a citizen of the world, and I have met, in my time, with so many different sorts of virtue, that I am puzzled, in my old age, to say which is the right sort and which is the wrong (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I haven’t much time to be fond of anything... But when I have a moment’s fondness to bestow, most times... the roses get it (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I have heard, as everybody else has, of a spirit’s haunting a house ; but I have had my own personal experience of a house’s haunting a spirit (Wilkie Collins Quotes) The mystery which underlies the beauty of women is never raised above the reach of all expression until it has claimed kindred with the deeper mystery in our own souls (Wilkie Collins Quotes) I roused myself from the book which I was dreaming over rather than reading, and left my chambers to meet the cool night air in the suburbs (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us (Wilkie Collins Quotes) Except in this ignorant and material century, men have always worn precious stuffs and beautiful colours as well as women (Wilkie Collins Quotes) The fool’s crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man’s crime is the crime that is not found out (Wilkie Collins Quotes) And earth was heaven a little the worse for wear. And heaven was earth, done up again to look like new (Wilkie Collins Quotes)

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